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[acstreet]

Bare with me while i sort this all out :D

Hi there mr2oc peeps well where do i start, ive had this mr2 since i was 16 am now 19, its always been a dream to try and make it into a show car. :D

I am currently studying car mechanics so working on the mr2 is great to learn from!!! ;)

Anyway last year i had done alot of work to it got all the sills replaced got it undersealed done by myself and got arches done etc etc

So this year i carry on, got loads of engine mods and other outside mods im going to do but you have to watch this thread and find out :)

Tax ran out end of march so was the ideal time to start project :roll:

Starting:

So first of i decided to start stripping the interior as it was a bit shabby and looking abit boring as i get bored quickly

It was like this but was all scratched due to rubbish paint

Progress

So all stripped out now and car looking bare, notice Rhons Handy work with the gear knob and gaiters! Thanks Rhon :th:

Just a trial for now as i dont want to finish all the spraying as im going to change the blue interior inside, but gives you the idea of colour

Anyway more of that to continue at a later date and due to crap weather its kept me on hold!! watch this space!!!

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Engine

So i start on the engine, before when it was sort of clean but was completely dirty and got bored

Pictures of when it was clean

Here i start stripping the engine first off comes the manifold heatshield and air filter and intake etc etc

Battered heatshield

Ordered a new heatshield but nothing that Poohbears work cant solve

I then start stripping the engine more and take the inlet manifold and the acis off, also the cam cover with the rubbish screw type things holding it on

nice rounded nuts and bolts holding me up so out comes the wd40 and the hammer to get the bugger off, left the nuts and bolts soaking in gunk, although will order more

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Start sanding down the acis starting from 240 grit and work my way up

Just waiting on more belgum alu and autosol but is getting there

Cleaned up all the acis took off all the old gasket and polished all the inside of the acis and slighly ported the holes to allow more free flowing air

Next thing i work on the strut brace again sanded it all down from 240 grit to 1500 grit

Next was port and polish the inlet to make it more free flowing, not finished yet so more progress to come also starting the throttle body

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Now starting to run out of room

Now to start underneath the cam cover and the other part of the inlet

Put the cam cover on temporary so the cams dont get ruined

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Out comes the steamcleaner as places need to be cleaned and sorted, note i gunked all the engine block and other components with gunk and let it soak in for 15 mins, also covered all the electricals with plastic bags lots of them

Before:

After

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While i was underneath the car i spotted a nice split hole in my cat pipe, oh well who likes cats anyway So excuse to get a new exhaust finally

Also i was thinking manifold and downpipe may aswell be replaced too, so going to order it all at a later date, got holiday coming up lol

So these will be getting replaced by these

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A few brackets from the engine were also getting sprayed while progressing heres a teaser and all the mess

Not done much to the outside yet as it will be next thing once the engine is done but heres a lil change which i prefere

Before:

After:

Off comes the chavy iowdemoncar sticker :th:

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Then Look what arrived last week, yet to put them on as i dont want to scratch them but heres some pics B)

Thanks poohbear there well worth the money, so shiny

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Well today was more of a clean up day although not finished as the rain and thunder came on its way over

First started on the calipers as they were looking tired and needed tidying up

Out comes the paint and brush

To This

Next was to start on the front boot where spare sits :eeek: Covered it in gunk and came back 15 mins later to give a good scrub and wipe over still not finsihed, thanks weather

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So from this

To this

Then as i was wiping away my Mrs comes and helps me clean :o She is a nail technician and decided to start using nail polish remover :eeek: although unfinished looks at the results B)

Anyway Thanks Dee Love You :P

:D

And a little engine lid polish ;)

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Well today not done much just another clean up and more car stripping just getting everything ready as i go along :D

Finished the front up today as for cleaning anyway got little plans to do next, hope to get a amp pad and obviously a amp in there and some other gadgets

Interior came out more today as im going to retrim some of the interior and maybe a few other plans so heres some progress of stripping

Next was more cleaning of engine bay and some more stripping, get it all out ;)

Before:

Off come the side panels as they get in the way and deserve a little clean underneath

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Out comes the big lump of the airbox

Now we have loads of room i wonder whats going to be against that air vent

And After for now:

Thats it for today progress will get better soon, got to get all the boring bits out he way lol

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First thing really is a nice finished ported and polished throttle body, pretty much done now, also the manifold, just got to spray them now! Also acis all shinny now how i wanted it!

Stripped more engine bay today to find my engine fan is all rusty and crap so going to get a new one!

Off came the cam cover to find a hole init so going to get a new one!

Took the distributor off to find a pipe missing from the vacuum cansister thing

Now has been all cleaned up and vacuum pipes int the right place!

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coil pack and igniter and a few other bits came off today, coil pack needs replacing so will get one at a later date!

All the above to be cleaned and sprayed up will add more pics of progress once done! :th:

Oh and changed my alternator belt a while back here how it was, just found picture lol is now all sorted and onlt £12 from Mr. T

Now the engine is getting pretty stripped, just kept the cam cover on to protect cams and used cardboard so no grit and dirt gets into the manifold

Thats about it really just done loads of other little bits and bobs, started to take of my exhaust and exhaust manifold too as its all got to come off!

Now just play waiting game untill i get my parts and paint

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Ok so lately not been up to much as have been busy with other things but today got back on it again with painting a few things with caliper paint ;)

Here are the pics :D

all drying

My throttle body all nice and ready for when my car gets put back together!

Distributor all red

And abit of red fitted in the engine bay, other bits are still drying!

Thats it for now untill tommorrow as i will be putting the other bits baack and hopefully get my spray paint and paint the intake manifold and the cam cover :th:

Watch this space!!!

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Ok done quite abit today more painting and spraying anyway here are pics

Please note that the spraying has only one coat of paint and isnt finished as i wanted them all to dry properly over night ;)

Here is my strust brace tested to see how it looks

new red bracket

Couldnt resist got mroe autosol today so polished the acis again lol

Red brackets

Manifold with one coat of red although looking dull but is first coat

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Cam Cover looking good and silver

more manifold and brackets

Anyway more progress tommorrow as i will continue more coats and laquer :D

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Ok this morning done some more spraying everything is drying so bare in mind it will look alot better once dry

Here are some pics

Cam cover with aluminium silver and laquer

Manifold red and laquer

Heatshield Just aluminium not laquered yet

Bracket red and is laquered

manifold again

Cam Cover

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Brackets

More manifold

Thats it at the moment while i let it all dry ;)

Hope you like

Watch this space!!!

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More progress today, and i caught the sun so bonus lol anyway here are some pics

Here are some nice dirty greasy fuel injectors which i decided to take off and clean

from this:

To this, just washed all the crap off and brushed it all off

Comparison pic

Here is my fuel rail, was already clean just brushed off where all the injectors sit as it was all messy and grubby!

MMM lots of cleanfilm to stop all the crap from falling in etc

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Cleaned up all the starter motor today thought it needed cleaning lol just used wire brush and white spirit

Took the expansion tank out while im doing everything else ;)

Looking empty now :D

Now all nice and clean, the amount of thick coolant was disgusting!

Here i have taken off some hoses and i will be ordering samco hoses very soon!

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Took the brackets off the front where rad sits as im going to be putting grille mesh in there!

Took the moutning off where the pressure cap sits

Thought it would be rude not to spray it!

And thats it for today untill tommorrow ;)

If anyone would like to know anthing of what ive done etc in more detail or want advice to take things off which i have done im willing to do so :)

Comments welcome :D

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Done abit more today, sanded down and polished the front strut braces today, looking shinny

Before:

After

Dont know why i did this but sprayed it over to protect from rust, just a coat of red although in pic looks orange lol

Need to clean all the front again now lol

That it really as i made a custom made induction box and ductin pipe for my black one but didnt take any pics woops!

sounds the mutts nuts and feels alot smoother and nipper! ;)

Got a couple from side vent thats it, it is actually been made for the white one but had to test it :)

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Ok more progress today, unfortunatly it started to rain so had to stop working

Off comes the spoiler as had a annoying rust patch coming through on bootlid near toyota Badge!

Off come the side panels too

Taking off the rear panel and lights as will be going rev3

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Wiped the bootlid over briefly to this

Also side panels

There was my rust patch, rubbed it down

Rain came over so had to get car cover out just shoved it over boot and put side panels back on loose so my boot didnt get soaked

My mess

Thats it for now untill maybe later on

Just a quick question am i right saying that 043 super white doesnt need a laquer, what happens once i spray it over just rub in down with rubbing compound and buff it up?

Cheers

andy